Podcasting- Part II

Today’s blog will pick up where I left off last night.

A perfect example of a small budget museum using podcasts to send out their information is the Burlingame Museum of Pez Memorabilia. I mentioned this museum in my first blog. Here at the Pez Museum, owner and curator Gary Doss hosts the 49 minute long podcast tour of his collection. The podcast offers much more detail and historical information than what is available at the museum. While this homemade production is enjoyable it is by no means an exciting broadcast. But here’s the thing- it’s everywhere! There must be something to it. In all my research and all the websites that I’ve come across while doing this blog, the Pez Museum’s podcast has been discussed and credited many a time.

In case you are inclined to listen to the podcast from the Burlingame Museum of Pez Memorabilia here it is for your enjoyment.

In my previous entry I also mentioned San Francisco Museum of Modern Art’s “Artcast.” Each month the museum highlights pieces of art and includes the voices of the curators, the artist and/or the visitors.

Here is an episode from this month.

There is one more interesting feature from SFMOMA’s Artcast section. They have something called the “Artcast Invitational.” This is a competition where anyone who is inclined and hopefully talented, enters their own unofficial podcast tour in hopes of being featured in a SFMOMA Artcast episode.

This leads me to my next topic of discussion- unofficial or unauthorized podcasts.

But you are going to have to wait until next time. I know, it’s a cliff hanger.